8am: A reliable source in the Ministry of Higher Education, who does not want his name to be mentioned in this report, told Hasht-e Subh Daily that according to the order of the directors of the Ministry, female participants won’t be accepted in specialized and professional fields of higher education this year. This source has
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique October 4, 2022 A deadly suicide bombing that killed dozens of Afghan girls and women last week has triggered some of the largest and most sustained protests against Taliban rule since the militant group seized power last year. At least 52 people, mostly female students, were killed on September 30
8am: The officials of the Department of Virtue Promotion of the Taliban in Ghazni have closed an English language training center due to a girl’s presence in the boys’ class. Sources said that the Taliban agents, during their surveillance of Ghazni city, on Wednesday, September 6, sealed this educational center in the second security district
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 27, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A senior Taliban official Tuesday called on his men-only government in Afghanistan to reopen all secondary schools to girls without further delay, saying there is no Islamic restriction on female education. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister, made the rare appeal in a televised
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 21, 2022 Taliban authorities have allowed the reopening of a nongovernment school in the western Afghan province of Herat, where young girls will learn computer coding. The school was closed in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last year. More than 350 students have already applied to enroll
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Sunday renewed its call for Afghanistan’s Taliban to urgently reopen schools to teenage girls, denouncing the anniversary of their exclusion from education as “tragic, shameful, and entirely avoidable.” Since taking control of the conflict-torn country in August of last year, the Islamist group has
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 16, 2022 Caught between the Taliban’s gender politics and a lack of foreign funding, the public education sector in Afghanistan faces the risk of collapse, aid agencies warn. At least $1.5 billion is required annually to keep public schools open for millions of students, to pay salaries and provide other
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 13, 2022 From the world’s second-smallest state, Monaco, to the most populous country, India, representatives from more than 20 governments and international organizations on Monday condemned the Taliban’s policies of shutting down secondary schools and denying other fundamental rights to Afghan girls and women. Even Pakistan, the purported benefactor of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2022 A UN human rights expert says conditions in Afghanistan under Taliban rule indicate a “descent towards authoritarianism” and called for radical changes to stop the trend. “The severe rollback of the rights of women and girls, reprisals targeting opponents and critics, and a clampdown on freedom of expression
Tolo News: While visiting Uruzgan province, acting education minister Noorullah Munir said that people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation. According to Munir, schools are closed to students above the sixth grade due to cultural constraints, but he emphasized that if a better environment is created, girls’ schools above